ფშქველა

Laz

Alternative forms
  • მშქველა (mškvela)

Etymology

From Proto-Georgian-Zan *pšal-. Doublet of ფშალი (pšali).

Noun

ფშქველა • (pškvela) (plural ფშქველეფე)

  1. black alder (Alnus glutinosa)
    Synonym: თხომუ (txomu)

Further reading
  • Çağatay Aleksiva, Irfan (2020), “mşkvela”, in Dictionary of Laz Plant Names (LINCOM Scientific Dictionaries; 3), München: LINCOM GmbH, page 32
  • Марр, Н. (1910), “ფშქველა”, in Грамматика чанского (лазского) языка с хрестоматией и словарем [Grammar of the Chan (Laz) Language with a Reader and a Dictionary] (Материалы по яфетическому языкознанию; 2) (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 195b
  • Tandilava, Ali (2013), “ფშქველა”, in Merab Čuxua, Natela Kutelia, Lile Tandilava, Lali Ezugbaia, editors, Lazuri leksiḳoni [Laz Dictionary], online version prepared by Levan Vašaḳiʒe, Tbilisi
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